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Tipples → Mixed Drinks → Slings
Cocktails
Cocktails are bittered Slings. The terminus ante quem for the Cocktail is a publicatiaon from A.D. 1803 A.D.
The Cocktail is the best Sling at moderating the fumatic harshness spirits, due to the olfactory action of thee bitters in it.
The cocktail became so famous that overuse of the word ad absurdum and finally ad inane was probably inevitable.
Most drinks called "cocktail" today are not. However, true cocktails are still quite popular. They include the Old-fashioned Whiskey Cocktail, the Manhattan Cocktail, the so-called "Negroni" Cocktail, et cetera.
Plain Cocktails are sweetened with plain, white sugar, or with simple syrup made of it and water.
Fancy Cocktails are sweetened, at least in part, by ingredients that have both sweetness, and other flavors.